Butter-tray



(Nd Model.) Y W. R. WILGOX 8: N, E. BROWN."

BUTTER TRAY.

No. 258,183. Patented May 16, 1882.

A TORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. WILOOX AND NORMAN E. BROWN, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

BUTTER-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 258,183, dated May 16,1882. Application filed April 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WM. R. WILCOX and NORMANE. BROWN, both citizens of the United States, of St. Joseph, in thecounty of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Butter-Trays; and we do hereby declare thatthe'foliowing is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a. vertical sectionalview of our improved dish. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 3is aplan view,showingthe dish in blank form.

This invention has relation to butter-trays for grocers and otherdealers and it consists in the formation of the interrupted transversescoring at each end of the body portion, consisting of independentscore-sections between the body and end laps, the middle score-sectionbeing set back from the lateral score-sections a distance equal to thethickness of the stock.

The invention also consists, in connection with the interrupted score,of the lateral end laps folded upon each other and upon the middle lap,forming a triple-fold handle portion, so connected and braced as topossess considerable strength, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a I designates the body portionof the tray, having at each end a middle end lap or tongue portion, 1),and on each side thereof a lateral end lap, 0, these laps being formedby two converging cuts or slits, d, which separate the tapering middletongue from the lateral laps.

The transverse interrupted scoring 0 is done on the under side of theblank where the laps join the body portion, and the scoriu g consists ofthree independent score-sections, whereof the middle score-section, g,is set back from the lateral score-sections g byadistance equal to thethickness of the stock of which the trays are made, as indicated at h.The scoring is preferably done on curved lines, outwardly diverging ateach end, or at the bases of the lat eral laps, in order that when theselateral laps are bent up in forming the end wall they shall extend toand dle lap.

The tray is formed from the blank by bending the middle tongue upward inan oblique position, and then bending the lateral laps c upward andtoward each other until they overlap across the middle and exterior ofthe middle tongue, b, when the three thicknesses are fastened togetherby a staple orbentwire, lc. In this operation the lateral score-sectionsbeing outside the middle scoresection, no strain is caused in thecorners h when the lateral laps are bent and joined outside of themiddlelap, and therefore the stock is not liable to split from the cornersinward. Furthermore, as the transverse bends of the laps are not on thesame line, when the laps are fastened together they are mutuallybracedand hold their relative position with much more firmness than itthe scoring were continuous. Where the lateral laps are secured to eachother and to the middle lap, a handle portion is formed at thejunction,consisting of three thicknesses of the stock, well braced and havingconsiderable strength.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A butter-tray having at each end of the body portion the interruptedtransverse scoring, consisting of the independent score-sections betweenthe body portion and end laps, the middle score-section being set backfrom the lateral score-sections a distance equal to the thickness of thestock, substantially as specified.

past the central line of the mid- 2. A grocers tray having theinterrupted score and the lateral end laps folded upon each other andupon the middlelap and secured together, forming a triple-fold connectedand braced handleportion, substantially as speci- In testimony that weclaim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM R. WILUOX. NORMAN E. BROWN.

Witnesses WM. H. MAYNARD, HENRY POST.

